Collar



Nov. 18, 1930. J co Ns 1,782,000

COLLAR Filed April 2, 1929 INVENTOR 50M 11/; Comm/J- ATTORNEYE PatentedNov. 18, 1930 UNITED stares JOHN n'comi ns; or nosnnnnn; m

I 1 Gonna iii V Application filed April 2, 9a; s'eri'i'iio. 351,900.

My invention relates to acollar, and particularly to a collar withstiffening means at the front edges.

It is the principal object of the invention to provide a collar havingimproved stiffening'means along the front edges, arranged and embodiedso as to be readily and cheaply manufactured, neat in appearanceandserviceable in use. a I V Other minor objects and features of theinvention will appear as the specification pro ceeds. p r

' In the drawings, which show for illustrative purposes only, preferredforms of the in- Fig. 1 is a front view of a collar,-one-corner beingturned up to illustrate features atthe rear of such corner; 7

Fig. 2 is a somewhat diagrammatic view of parts of a collar before beingstitched;

Fig. 3 is a view of the parts shown in Fig. 2 and partially stitchedtogether; 7

Fig. 1 is a sectionalview taken substantially in the plane of the line44 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4: but illustrating a slightmodification.

The construction and features of invention may perhaps best be describedin connection with a description of the preferred method of manufacture.I

In the drawings, 6 indicates 3.11'1111181 ply,

7 while 7 indicates an outer ply of a collar. These plies as is usual incollar manufacture are arranged with the wrong side of the goodsoutwardly. If desired, a ply of interlining 8 may be interposed betweenthe plies 6'-7. Another ply which for convenience I term a pocket ply 9is interposed between the plies 6-7. In the form shown the pocket ply isformedof one thickness of goods folded upon itself (with the right sideof the goods outwardly) and with the edges lyingsubstantially along theedges of the front of the plies '67. The top edges of the pocket'ply mayline 11 so as to leave a finished edge 10 at the top.

All of the plies'shown in Fig. 2 may then be folded inwardly asindicated by the dotted V art-112;] The .1 am also stit hed along theb'ottom' edge; The stitchedtogether collar construction is.v tlienfoldedback so that'thef'. seam 12 will comeat the extreme, front edge oftheco-llar and the fold of theply 9 will.

extend outwardlyas partially indicated at 13 in Fig. 3. The ply 9 isthen folded back along- =thefrear s'ide fo'f the rear ply 6 and is thenstitched to "the remaining plies as indicated at l lso as to leave apocket l5'extending'well up toward the mp of the collar: asindicatedmore particularly at 16inFig. 1. The open" pocket 15 may thenr'e'ceive asti ffening member such a celluloid strip 17: so that the front 7corners oftliecolla r will be held straight and .65 willfn otcu'rl'up,The pocket ply is preferably madeofthe same goods as that oft-lie collarespecially when colored or figured fabrics'ale empioyed; By'means 'of'myimproved con struction: no additional seams are required Toand'thelabor' andinaterial costs in the manufactu re of collar are onlytrivially in-' creasedfover the'cost of corresponding collars y' p' ov dpocket construction. i I

fIn that form of the inventionshown inFig. 5 substantially the sameconstruction is em-.' ployed and-the method of manufacture issubstantially the same as that heretofore described, except that insteadof employing-a separate stiffener 17 which may be removed I employ oneor more plies such as stifi interlining material as indicated at 18 andpreferably enclosed within a double thickness ply 9, which by analogymay be termed a pocket ply. Theconstruction shown in Fig.

5 with a proper grade of stifi material will be substantiallynon-curling-and. a collar so made will be found to be satisfactory inuse. While the invention has been described'in considerable detail andapreferred-form illustrated I do not wish to be strictly limited totheivarious details specifically disclosed, 7

since obviously some changes may be made within the scope of theinvention as defined in the appendedclaims. Iclaimz; j V 1. A collarincluding an outer ply,ran inner ply, and'an inter-lining ply together iwith a pocket ply'interposed between said'inner and outer plies andadjacent said inter- I pocket ply lining ply, all of said plies beingstitched together by a common seam at the extreme edge of the collar,said pocket ply extending around the extreme outer edge of said innerply and extending rearwardly thereof, and 7 all of said plies beingstitched together by a common seam substantiallyparallel to said firstmentioned seam and lying at the rear edge of said pocket ply.

12, A collar including outer and inner plies,

a pocket ply, one edge of said-pocket plybei ing interposed and held.between the inner and outer plies, a seam at the extreme edge 5 of saidcollar securing said plies together,

the exposed part of the pocket'ply' being turned back along the rear ofthe inner ply,

and aroW of stitches penetrating all of said I plies to hold the pocketply in position at,

the rear of said inner ply. I

3. A collarincluding outer and inner plies,

a pocket ply, one edge of said pocket being interposed between the innerand outer ply adjacent their edges, the exposed part of the pocket plybeing turned back along the un-;v derside of the inner ply,and a'row ofstitches penetrating all of said plies in folded position to hold thepocket ply'closely adjacent the. underside of said inner ply.

4:. A collar including outer and inner being interposedbetween saidinnerandouter plies adjacent their edges, all of said plies beingstitched together by a common seam at, the extreme edge of the collar,the exposed part ofsaid poc ket ply beingiturned back along theunderside-of said inner ply, said PQcket ply and said inner ply beingstitched together by a seam substantially parallel to said firstmentioned seam so asto hold said closely adjacent the under side of saidinnerply. I

J OHN N. COLLINS.

. l l and a pocket ply, one edge of said'pocket ply

